When purchasing a ticket on Ryanair’s UK website, passengers are now immediately presented with a total price including their fare (see image below), as well as other charges, a web check-in fee, an administration fee, an ETS levy (to cover the estimate cost to the airline of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme), and an EU 261 Levy (to cover the cost of compensation payment for potential delays).

These charges have not always been highlighted so readily, but in recent years competition watchdogs have sought to put an end to “hidden” fees. Ryanair’s two per cent credit card charge is then outlined, with passengers able to choose a “pay by debit card” fare, or a “pay by credit card” fare.

Optional extras, such as baggage fees, can then be added by the passenger.

The airline was fined about £330,000 last month by the Netherlands Consumer Authority for similar reasons.